Marc Neal Shapiro Died 2011

SHAPIRO

Posted By: Connie Swearingen (email)
Date: 4/15/2011 at 16:40:17

Sioux City Journal
17 February 2011

SIOUX CITY -- Marc Neal Shapiro, 58, formerly of Sioux City died Feb. 16, 2011, at the Rosenthal Hospice Residence in Stamford, Conn. after a long illness.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Temple Beth El, 350 Roxbury Road in Stamford.

Mr. Shapiro was born and raised in Sioux City. After high school he attended The Ohio State University. In the summer of 1974, he began working at the Holiday Inn in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. He worked for a small hotel management company until 1981 when he joined Omni Hotels as vice president of product development. There, he was responsible for the architectural interior design and capital spending programs for the entire hotel chain. During his tenure at Omni, Mr. Shapiro was involved in more than 40 hotel projects. In 1989, he joined Loews Hotels as senior vice president with responsibilities for architectural interior design and capital spending programs. During his tenure at Loews, Mr. Shapiro oversaw over 2 billion dollars in hotel projects, most notably Loews Miami Beach Hotel, the three hotels at Universal Studios Orlando and Loews Coronado Bay Resort in San Diego, Calif.

After leaving Loews Hotels in 1999, Mr. Shapiro purchased the Ellen McCluskey Interior Design Firm in New York City and grew the design practice until he was no longer able to work in 2008 when he closed the practice. In the year 2000, Mr. Shapiro embarked upon the acquisition of a 280-room hotel property in Syracuse, N.Y. He arranged financing and totally repositioned the hotel property, reopening the hotel after a $22 million renovation program. The hotel, known as The Marx, anchored the city of Syracuse's redevelopment of the Syracuse University area.

He was a member of Temple Beth El, where he briefly served on the board of directors. He served on the advisory board of Boston University's School of Hospitality Management for more than 15 years, where he was also an adjunct professor for five years.

Mr. Shapiro is survived by his wife of 37 years, Evie; and his two children, Jami, 33, a medical social worker in New York, and Lauren, 30, a labor and employment law attorney in New York City. Mr. Shapiro is also survived by his parents, Ben and Betty Shapiro of Sioux City; and three siblings, Larry Shapiro of Omaha, Penny Swanson of Laurel, Mont., and Lynn Shapiro of Encinitas, Calif.; along with several nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Temple Beth El or to the Richard Rosenthal Hospice Residence.